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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheTrachyEnthusiast, post: 8347618, member: 138958&quot;]I don’t own this but I do own this author’s work on Byzantine coinage in Italy 1-3, Spain/Africa, and the Independent Lordships of Campania. For these topics, most references aren’t comprehensive so it was a welcome refresher to see wholly complete works. That being said, my copies probably have 5-10 grammatical mistakes per page. Some don’t affect readability but others make the information trying&nbsp; to be conveyed incomprehensible. Also, the weights/diameters given for some coins are incorrect as I have discovered. If you check museum listings with what the authors have compiled, there are discrepancies…I am not sure how this happens but it can be very confusing when a tremissis listed weighs 2.2 grams! Check the Hague and the correct weight of the specimen is 1.3 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>All that to say, these guys have made the best catalogue on Byzantine coins in Italy. But is it just that, a catalogue. Even though they include much more information, it can’t be trusted without verification. I hope this new book has fixed these previous problems. All that said, I still use Byzantine Coinage of Italy 1-3 as my go to reference for the period, even above Dumbarton Oaks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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